Bail-ear for buckets



(No Model.) 1

M. THOENI. BAIL EAR FOR BUGKETS.

No. 483,798. Patented Oct. 4, 1892.

i4 mmlllllmw I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OF SCOTCH GROVE, IOWA.

BAIL-EAR FOR BUCKETS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 483,798, dated October4, 1892.

Application filed March 11, 1892- $erial No. 424,579. (No model.)

T at whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARTIN THOENI, a citizen of the United States,residing at Monticello, in the county of Jones, State of Iowa,

against or subjected to rough usage.

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bail-Ears forBuckets, of which the following is a specification, reference being hadtherein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements inbail-ears for buckets, pails, and other vessels, and is designed,primarily, for dairy-pails,\vhere strict cleanliness is an essential.

It has for its objects, among others, to provide a construction whichshall be cheaper, stronger, and less liable to breakage, that will admitof the employment of different kinds of bails to suit the manufacturers,and in which there will be no projecting portion to catch a cloth, thusrendering it much easier to clean. The common ears are objectionable inthat they project over or above the top of the vessel enough to affordin themselves a strong leverage for breaking them off if pushed Further,they are difficult to keep clean, as they are in the way of the personcleaning them and apt to catch the cloth. My construction avoids theseobjections. Having a broad base with upper edge shaped to conform to theshape of the Vessel makes the latter much stiffer and stronger,especially when placed over the joint in the wire with which suchvessels are usually provided. The plate is provided with a lateralprojection forming a pivot on which the bail may turn, the projectionbeing formed with a shoulder against which a nut or washer maybe heldwithout interfering with the easy movement of the bail.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear,and the novel features thereof will be specifically defined by theappended claim.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings,which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of thisspecification, and in which-=- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portionof avessel with myimprovement applied. Figs.

2, 3, and 4 are perspective views of the parts comprising my inventionshown separated but in their relative positions. Fig. 2 shows the platewith its projection; Fig. 3, the ear end of the bail, and Fig. 4 thewasher. Fig. 5 is a vertical section on the line 5 5 of Fig. 1.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts throughout the severalviews.

Referring now to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates abase or plate, the inner face of which is shaped to conform to thecurvature of the vessel upon which it is to be used and is provided withperforations at for the reception of rivets or other means a employed insecuring it to the vessel B. This plate is provided with a raisedportion A, of sufficient thickness so that when the bail is applied, asshown in Fig. 5, the latter will move in a plane outside the rim B ofthe vessel. The plate is further formed with a boss 0. beyond the raisedportion, and upon this boss the loop of the bail O is designed to beloosely sleeved. Beyond the shoulder a formed at the outer end of thisboss, there is a reduced portion a for the reception of a nut or washer.The distance between this shoulder and the outer face of the raisedportion should be somewhat greater than the thickness of the loop 0 ofthe bail, so that when the not or washer is securely affixed in positionit will bind against the said shoulder and not upon the loop of thebail, and thus the latter is left free to readily turn on its bearing.

D designates the washer or nut.

The plate, its raised portion, boss, and reduced portion are all formedof one integral piece, as shown in Fig. 2.

The plate is applied, as shown in Figs. 1 and 5, with its upper edgeagainst the under side of the rim of the vessel, the bail applied, andthen the nut or washer set up. The loop of the bail is preferablyflattened, as seen in Fig. 3, but not necessarily so.

The plates may be made of any suitable ma terial and of any desired sizeand will serve with any required kind of bail.

What I claim is A bail-ear comprising a base-plate adapted to fit thebody of a vessel and the under sur- MARTIN THOENI, or MONTICELLO,ASSIGNOR on ones-nits TO JAMES MILNE,

stantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I afifiix my signature in presence of twoWitnesses.

MARTIN 'rHoENI.

Witnesses:

B. M. GAYLORD, FRED KEENAN.

